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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 45 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.

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  1. 1.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
  3. 3.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, kite, guava, tent, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KAGTO (b) KGTOA (c) AKGTO (d) OTGKA
  6. 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
  7. 7.📅 The digits 18021977 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/02/1977 (b) 18/0219/77 (c) 180/219/77 (d) 1802/19/77
  8. 8.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 2790399722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 297 039 9722 (b) 279 039 922 (c) 279 039 9722 (d) 277 903 99722
  10. 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, candle, tomato, doll is “All ___ Tea Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Owls (c) Cook (d) Ants
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 6230970510. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 632 097 0510 (b) 623 097 050 (c) 622 309 70510 (d) 623 097 0510
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 147973459728. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1479 7349 5728 (b) 1479 7345 9728 (c) 1497 3459 728 (d) 1479 7345 97728
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 963359679180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9633 5967 9810 (b) 9633 5679 180 (c) 9633 3596 79180 (d) 9633 5967 9180
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  16. 16.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
  17. 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) write (b) lake (c) main (d) wing
  18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bakes Grab Yaks ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Inside (c) Lions (d) Old
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Wins Green Silly (d) Silly Wins Green
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for net, rose, mango, onion, cat is “Nani Runs ___ Only Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Mice (c) Rani (d) Ice
  22. 22.📅 The digits 20051952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2005/19/52 (b) 20/05/1952 (c) 20/0519/52 (d) 200/519/52
  23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
  24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, ice cream, banana, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABIW (b) WIBA (c) IBAW (d) IWBA
  26. 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) block (c) key (d) lock
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, monkey, banana, key is “Ink Mum Bakes ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Frogs (c) Big (d) Kids
  30. 30.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  31. 31.📅 The digits 20031987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/0319/87 (b) 2003/19/87 (c) 200/319/87 (d) 20/03/1987
  32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) free (b) lock (c) shell (d) bite
  33. 33.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  35. 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
  36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  38. 38.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) cake (d) king
  40. 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking

Answer key

  1. ECPC
  2. a memory trick
  3. means something to you
  4. first letters as a word
  5. AKGTO
  6. initials match the list
  7. 18/02/1977
  8. numbers and letter lists
  9. 279 039 9722
  10. Cook
  11. 623 097 0510
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. 1479 7345 9728
  14. 9633 5967 9180
  15. a silly, funny one
  16. splitting into groups
  17. lake
  18. leaf
  19. Old
  20. Silly Wins Green
  21. Mice
  22. 20/05/1952
  23. a first-letter sentence
  24. 7
  25. WIBA
  26. 7
  27. JFMA
  28. key
  29. Kids
  30. one word holds a list
  31. 20/03/1987
  32. shell
  33. True
  34. chunking
  35. free
  36. True
  37. 4
  38. 5
  39. rain
  40. chunking

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